Shell drills in the arctic

November 12, 2012

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Onboard the Noble Discoverer, workers on the rig floor link up drill pipe. Shell is using the ship and its crew to finish the first half of a well in its Burger prospect in the Chukchi Sea -- with a plan to return next year and drill it to completion. (Photo: Jennifer A. Dlouhy / The Houston Chronicle) (Houston Chronicle)

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Onboard the Noble Discoverer, workers on the rig floor link up drill pipe. Shell is using the ship and its crew to finish the first half of a well in its Burger prospect in the Chukchi Sea -- with a plan to return next year and drill it to completion. (Photo: Jennifer A. Dlouhy / The Houston Chronicle) (Houston Chronicle)